Mangaluru : Huge property losses in Dakshina Kannada district in the recent spell of rains since October 18. While 33 houses have been partially damaged, nine have been severely damaged as per reports received from respective tahsildars, deputy commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh said. On the brighter side, there has been no loss of life, including […]

Mangaluru : The Dakshina Kannada Zilla Muslim Okkota on Tuesday demanded affirmative action from the police to stop illegal cattle transportation. Talking to reporters here, president of the okkota and former Mayor K. Ashraf said that it was sad to see illegal cow transportation thriving in the district with the alleged connivance of some policemen. […]

Mangaluru: The Pilikula Biological Park authorities installed sprinklers and fans to keep cool the environs of the zoo. The park, spread over 150 acres, houses 120 species and 1,070 animals, including birds, mammals and reptiles. Of these 397 animals in 38 species are endangered. H Jayaprakash Bhandary, director, Pilikula Biological Park, said: “We have made […]

Mysuru: Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, Mysuru, has added one more Asiatic lion to its collection of animals. Ranita, a six-year-old female lion arrived here, on Thursday midnight (August 4), from Sakkarbaugh Zoo, Junagadh, Gujarat, on an animal exchange programme. According to K Kamala, Deputy Conservator of Forests and Executive Director of Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, […]

Mangaluru: Planning’s are going on to import Giraffe, Zebra and Chimpanzees from Middle Africa with the help of sponsors to Pilikula Nisargadhama, said Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim on Thursday. Addressing the media personnel at DC Office, he said that the authorities have consulted the corporate companies with regard to this, as the project will […]

Mangaluru : Hostile weather has come in the way of water supply to the popular tourist destination of Dr. Shivaram Karanth Pilikula Nisargadhama. If the scarcity continues for another week, then more than thousand birds and animals under captivity at the Pilikula biological park will be left in the lurch. The nisargadhama usually lifted over […]

Mangalore : Animal Care Trust (ACT), an animal welfare association based in Mangalore has launched a stray dog census in city for first time. The census will help to track of the population of street dogs in the city for effective measures to be implemented for animal birth control. ACT is an organization Formed in […]

Midnapore : A group of three elephants wrought havoc across twenty villages of West Midnapore In West Bengal. Two people lost their lives in this incident. The three elephants lost their way from a nearby forest and entered Jagannathpur village. When the villagers tried to chase them away, the elephants went berserk  and attacked the […]

Bantwal: Wall painters in cities like Mangalore and Bangalore can bring alive what they try to portray, animals/birds/scenes/people. But several artists come under one roof for 5 days, each one can create masterpieces with a coloured brush or paints. Here in Sanchayagiri, 400 years of Vibrant history is getting unfolded, as if it is happening […]

Pajeeru (Konaje) Pics: Apul Ira: Mangalore University Registrar Prof.K.Chinnappa Gowda, addressing a religious gathering at the Go-Sammelan here on Saturday, stated that a country lived on city centres based on agricultural variations (like dairying), but India is strictly reliant upon rural farming for survival. He released a book on ‘Go-vardhana’ in a giant assembly of […]